Old films never die. NYFF’s 2026 Revivals lineup features 12 features and two short programs pulled straight from the vaults, spanning six decades and eight countries.
Here are our favorites, including the one above, restored by Martin Scorsese.
Gone to Earth (1950)
Dir(s): Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Cast: Jennifer Jones, Cyril Cusack, David Farrar
Re-edited: David O. Selznick (prod. Gone with the Wind)
Restored by Martin Scorsese, Thelma Schoonmaker
Synopsis:
A beautiful, superstitious, animal-loving Gypsy is hotly desired by a fox-hunting squire even after she marries a clergyman.
The Devils (1971)
Dir/Wri: Ken Russell
Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Oliver Reed
Featuring originally censored material
Synopsis:
In 17th century France, Father Urbain Grandier’s protection of the city of Loudun from the corrupt Cardinal Richelieu is undermined by a sexually repressed nun’s accusation of witchcraft.
Report to Mother (1986)
The final film of famed South Indian director John Abraham (Donkey in a Brahmin Village)
Synopsis:
The story revolves around the incidents following the death of young Naxalite, upon whose death his friends travel to the village where his mother lives to inform her of the death of her only son.
To see the full list of restored titles screening, click here.
The 64th NYFF will run from Sept. 25-Oct. 12.